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Monday, September 12, 2005 Lately, there had been a lot of hoo-haa over a popular local blog (which incidentally, I have included in the "Blogs I Read" link). Some guy had written in to the Straits Times Forum to highlight his concernhttp://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,339700-1126303140,00.html Following that, there was an onslaught of verbal attacks in the comments of Talk Rock & Ephraim's blogs and also a reader who wrote in to Forum with regards to the piece http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,340303,00.html And then today, CNA reported that two bloggers were arrested for Sedition Act over racist remarks http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/167812/1/.html Blogging is supposed to be a platform where one can write or share his/her views & opinions. Or so I thought. Freedom of expression? Freedom of Speech? Nah, not here (maybe only in the West). Local bloggers will still have to be mindful of what they write. No doubt, we have to be responsible for what we write....but I wonder if the arrest is necessary or perhaps, a warning should be given 1st? Anyway on the Forum topic, I probably can see where Ephraim is coming from. But really, is writing to the Forum necessary? Or should he just write in to LIME 1st & expressed his concerns? Anyhow, my viewpoint on all these- "making a mountain out of a molehill". And by the way, it was the 1st time I've heard of a Sedition Act. |
